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Re: Missing packages on initial install



On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:22:59PM +0100, Yann Dirson wrote:
> After completing my install using the Jan 3rd snapshot, I found the
> following crucial packages missing, which I suppose may be caused by
> their "optional" priority:

> - hotplug

> 	This one is the prefered way to handle USB stuff, and without
> 	it my machine with a USB mouse, well... did not have a usable
> 	mouse.  Given that USB devices are more and more ubiquitous,
> 	and that it's non-trivial to make them work without hotplug
> 	(you know, hid, mousedev, etc), and that when installing
> 	hotplug afterward you have {un,re}plug your USB devices, or to
> 	reboot, to have them seen, it would seem reasonable to have it
> 	there by default, and installed early.

> 	Not having it available when it is referenced in
> 	/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug by default would be like not having
> 	modutils installed by default...

I agree this is important on USB-using machines and it would be good to
pull these in automatically when needed, but

> - gpm

> 	Maybe less crucial (esp. as the mouse was not configured ;),
> 	but quite standard in fact...  Maybe it's not included because
> 	it has not been debconfized ?

> - tree
> 	Even less crucial, but I believe it is quite standard as well
> 	now.


I see no reason why either of these packages should be defaults at all
(the first is ridiculously buggy, the second I've never heard of).

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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